It is estimated that 30% of the adult population in Japan is affected by nonalcoholic fatty liver
disease (NAFLD). Fatty changes of the liver are generally diagnosed using imaging …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a serious public health issue not only
in Western countries but also in Japan. Within the wide spectrum of NAFLD, nonalcoholic …

Cells are regulated by many different means, and there is more and more evidence emerging
that changes in the microenvironment greatly affect cell function. MT1‐MMP is a type I …

Influenza A viruses cause recurrent outbreaks at local or global scale with potentially severe
consequences for human health and the global economy. Recently, a new strain of …

Diabetes, a disease in which carbohydrate and lipid metabolism are regulated improperly by
insulin, is a serious worldwide health issue 1 , 2 . Insulin is secreted from pancreatic β cells …

Introduction: PIONEER (NCT01185314) was a prospective, multinational, epidemiological
study of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations in patients from Asia with newly …

We present the design parameters, production process, and in-flight performance of the X-ray
telescope (XRT) onboard Suzaku. The imaging capability is significantly improved over the …

The zebra finch is an important model organism in several fields 1 , 2 with unique relevance
to human neuroscience 3 , 4 . Like other songbirds, the zebra finch communicates through …

AIM We evaluated the association among the metabolic syndrome, visceral fat accumulation,
and the severity of fatty liver with a new scoring system of ultrasonographic findings in …

The objectives of the DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (DECIGO)
are to open a new window of observation for gravitational wave astronomy and to obtain …